Wednesday, September 5, 2012

A Sewing Room Dresser

Before we moved I spotted this dresser at a yard sale for $10…and into the van it went.

Our new house is a bit bigger than our last house…which means lots of empty space to fill on a tight budget. Furniture redo’s are a cheap way to get well made furniture…and it makes me happy to give new life to an old piece.

The bottom needed a little trim to hide the worn edges.

A couple coats of blue paint later it was ready to fill to the brim with sewing odds and ends.

The knobs got a coat of black spray paint.

Now I love this really really really heavy dresser….and I can cram aaaa-lot of stuff in those drawers!

Gorgeous! Is that like a laminate finish on the original? Or is it real wood? We're getting a dresser for my youngest son that belonged to my grandmother and it's that non-wood, wood look stuff that was so popular back in the day and I'd love to refinish it but not sure how. I guess prime and paint?

Wow! Nice work! I never think of doing something like that. I wish I did! I see something like that at a garage sale and all I see is a used piece of furniture. I need to train my eyes to see the possibilities like you! You are wonder woman!

I'm not even going to pretend that I don't have dresser envy. ;) Might as well also admit that I'm swooning over the color you chose for it. In all seriousness, you made a great choice! Super duper cute.

I found a smaller dresser at a sale also, even the back is solid wood! My sewing room is small and crammed full already, so where to put it? I had my husband put wheels on it, so I can move it around. It blocks the bookcase, but is easy to move out of the way and then put back. Sometimes I amaze even myself. :-))